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Businesses welcome ‘manageable’ 6.4% apprentice minimum wage increase

The prime minister’s inflation-busting apprentice minimum wage increase is “manageable” and will not impede businesses from taking on new…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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adult education

Adult learning ‘real cause for concern’ as participation hits record low

Adult participation in education has fallen to record low with almost four million ‘lost learners’ since 2010, according to…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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12 months of FE Week: December

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Last…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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12 months of FE Week: November

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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12 months of FE Week: October

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Today…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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12 months of FE Week: September

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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honours

Queen’s New Year honours 2020: Who got what in FE and skills?

A former specialist college principal has been made a dame while a well-known champion of adult education has been…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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12 months of FE Week: August

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Today…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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12 months of FE Week: July

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
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12 months of FE Week: June

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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12 months of FE Week: May

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Today…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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12 months of FE Week: April

For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Here’s…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Colleges, Long read
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Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
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Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

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A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

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New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

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